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Those compare two fixed things. This page is the next level up: comparing ",[61,80,81],{},"change",[61,83,84],{},"proportion"," - the more one thing happens, the more another follows; things getting colder and colder; earning double; trying however hard. These patterns separate a textbook comparison from a natural one.",[87,88,90],"h2",{"id":89},"the-patterns-at-a-glance","The patterns at a glance",[92,93,94,110],"table",{},[95,96,97],"thead",{},[98,99,100,104,107],"tr",{},[101,102,103],"th",{},"Pattern",[101,105,106],{},"Meaning",[101,108,109],{},"Example",[111,112,113,125,136,147,158,169,180,191,202,213],"tbody",{},[98,114,115,119,122],{},[116,117,118],"td",{},"cuanto más... más",[116,120,121],{},"the more... the more",[116,123,124],{},"cuanto más trabajo, más cansado estoy",[98,126,127,130,133],{},[116,128,129],{},"cuanto menos... peor",[116,131,132],{},"the less... the worse",[116,134,135],{},"cuanto menos duermes, peor te sientes",[98,137,138,141,144],{},[116,139,140],{},"mientras más... más",[116,142,143],{},"the more... the more (Lat. 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The frame is ",[61,232,233],{},"cuanto más + clause, más + clause",".",[236,237,238,245],"ul",{},[239,240,241,244],"li",{},[61,242,243],{},"Cuanto más trabajo, más cansado estoy."," (The more I work, the more tired I am.)",[239,246,247,250],{},[61,248,249],{},"Cuanto más practicas, mejor hablas."," (The more you practise, the better you speak.)",[57,252,253,254,64,257,260],{},"You can run either half up or down independently, and the irregular comparatives ",[61,255,256],{},"mejor",[61,258,259],{},"peor"," slot straight in:",[236,262,263,269],{},[239,264,265,268],{},[61,266,267],{},"Cuanto menos duermes, peor te sientes."," (The less you sleep, the worse you feel.)",[239,270,271,274],{},[61,272,273],{},"Cuanto más comes, menos hambre tienes."," (The more you eat, the less hungry you are.)",[57,276,277,278,281,282,285,286,234],{},"Note that ",[61,279,280],{},"cuanto"," agrees when it sits directly on a noun: ",[61,283,284],{},"cuantas más horas trabajo, más gano"," (the more hours I work, the more I earn). With a bare verb or adjective it stays as plain ",[61,287,280],{},[57,289,290,291,293],{},"Across Latin America the same idea is very commonly built with ",[61,292,140],{},":",[236,295,296],{},[239,297,298,301],{},[61,299,300],{},"Mientras más lo pienso, más me gusta."," (The more I think about it, the more I like it.)",[57,303,304,305,308,309,312],{},"Both are correct. ",[61,306,307],{},"Cuanto más"," is the neutral, pan-Hispanic standard; ",[61,310,311],{},"mientras más"," is the everyday American variant.",[87,314,316],{"id":315},"cada-vez-más-more-and-more","Cada vez más: more and more",[57,318,319,320,323,324,327,328,331],{},"When only ",[61,321,322],{},"one"," quantity is creeping up or down over time - with nothing on the other side of the scale - Spanish uses ",[61,325,326],{},"cada vez más"," (\"more and more\") or ",[61,329,330],{},"cada vez menos"," (\"less and less\"). Literally \"each time more\".",[236,333,334,340,346],{},[239,335,336,339],{},[61,337,338],{},"Cada vez hace más frío."," (It's getting colder and colder.)",[239,341,342,345],{},[61,343,344],{},"Hay cada vez menos gente en el pueblo."," (There are fewer and fewer people in the village.)",[239,347,348,351],{},[61,349,350],{},"Habla español cada vez mejor."," (He speaks Spanish better and better.)",[57,353,354,355,358,359,361,362,364,365,234],{},"The difference from ",[61,356,357],{},"cuanto más"," is the whole point: ",[61,360,326],{}," is a one-sided drift, while ",[61,363,118],{}," locks two changes together. If nothing is driving the change, reach for ",[61,366,367],{},"cada vez",[87,369,371],{"id":370},"proportional-multipliers-el-doble-el-triple-la-mitad","Proportional multipliers: el doble, el triple, la mitad",[57,373,374,375,378,379,382,383,385,386,389,390,393],{},"To say something is ",[61,376,377],{},"double",", ",[61,380,381],{},"triple"," or ",[61,384,176],{}," of something else, Spanish uses noun-like quantifiers. Use ",[61,387,388],{},"que"," to compare against a person or thing, and ",[61,391,392],{},"de"," before a plain amount.",[236,395,396,402,408,414],{},[239,397,398,401],{},[61,399,400],{},"Gana el doble que yo."," (He earns double what I do.)",[239,403,404,407],{},[61,405,406],{},"Este piso cuesta el triple que el mío."," (This flat costs triple what mine does.)",[239,409,410,413],{},[61,411,412],{},"Compró el doble de comida."," (She bought double the food.)",[239,415,416,419],{},[61,417,418],{},"Solo dormí la mitad de las horas necesarias."," (I only slept half the hours I needed.)",[57,421,422,378,425,64,428,431],{},[61,423,424],{},"El doble",[61,426,427],{},"el triple",[61,429,430],{},"la mitad"," behave like nouns, so they keep their own article and gender regardless of what they describe.",[87,433,435],{"id":434},"tanto-como-and-tantotan-que","Tanto... como and tanto\u002Ftan... que",[57,437,438,439,442],{},"Two structures share the word ",[61,440,441],{},"tanto",", and they are easy to mix up.",[57,444,445,448,449,452],{},[61,446,447],{},"Tanto... como"," = \"as much... as\" (a comparison of equality, the quantity cousin of ",[61,450,451],{},"tan... como","):",[236,454,455,461],{},[239,456,457,460],{},[61,458,459],{},"Trabaja tanto como tú."," (He works as much as you.)",[239,462,463,466],{},[61,464,465],{},"No tengo tanto dinero como antes."," (I don't have as much money as before.)",[57,468,469,472,473,476],{},[61,470,471],{},"Tanto \u002F tan... que"," = \"so much \u002F so... that\" (a ",[61,474,475],{},"result",", not a comparison):",[236,478,479,485],{},[239,480,481,484],{},[61,482,483],{},"Trabajo tanto que no duermo."," (I work so much that I don't sleep.)",[239,486,487,490],{},[61,488,489],{},"Estaba tan cansado que me dormí en el sofá."," (I was so tired that I fell asleep on the sofa.)",[57,492,493,494,496,497,500,501,504,505,508,509,512,513,516,517,378,520,516,523,234],{},"The split is mechanical: ",[61,495,441],{}," (invariable when it modifies a verb, agreeing as ",[61,498,499],{},"tanto\u002Fa\u002Fos\u002Fas"," before a noun) attaches to ",[61,502,503],{},"verbs and nouns","; ",[61,506,507],{},"tan"," attaches to ",[61,510,511],{},"adjectives and adverbs",". So it is ",[61,514,515],{},"tanto trabajo"," but ",[61,518,519],{},"tan cansado",[61,521,522],{},"come tanto",[61,524,525],{},"es tan alto",[87,527,529],{"id":528},"por-más-que-subjunctive-however-much","Por más que + subjunctive: however much",[57,531,532,64,535,538],{},[61,533,534],{},"Por más que",[61,536,537],{},"por mucho que"," mean \"however much\" or \"no matter how much\" - you concede the effort, then deny the result.",[236,540,541,547],{},[239,542,543,546],{},[61,544,545],{},"Por más que lo intento, no puedo."," (However hard I try, I can't.)",[239,548,549,552],{},[61,550,551],{},"Por mucho que estudies, no aprobarás sin dormir."," (However much you study, you won't pass without sleep.)",[57,554,555,556,559,560,563,564,567,568,571,572,575],{},"The mood follows the same logic as ",[61,557,558],{},"aunque",": ",[61,561,562],{},"indicative"," for a real, present fact you are living through (",[61,565,566],{},"por más que lo intento"," - I genuinely am trying), ",[61,569,570],{},"subjunctive"," for something hypothetical or merely conceded (",[61,573,574],{},"por más que insistas"," - however much you might insist). Getting this right is a clear B2 signal.",[87,577,579],{"id":578},"ísimo-dialling-the-adjective-up","-ísimo: dialling the adjective up",[57,581,582,583,585,586,588],{},"The absolute superlative ",[61,584,217],{}," does not compare anything; it just means \"extremely\". Drop the final vowel and add ",[61,587,217],{},", agreeing for gender and number.",[236,590,591,601,610],{},[239,592,593,596,597,600],{},[61,594,595],{},"rápido"," to ",[61,598,599],{},"rapidísimo"," (extremely fast)",[239,602,603,596,606,609],{},[61,604,605],{},"bueno",[61,607,608],{},"buenísimo"," (extremely good)",[239,611,612,596,615,618],{},[61,613,614],{},"cansado",[61,616,617],{},"cansadísima"," (absolutely shattered)",[57,620,621],{},"Watch the spelling changes that keep the sound intact:",[236,623,624,639,653,667],{},[239,625,626,596,629,559,632,596,635,638],{},[61,627,628],{},"-co",[61,630,631],{},"-quísimo",[61,633,634],{},"rico",[61,636,637],{},"riquísimo"," (not \"ricísimo\").",[239,640,641,596,644,559,647,596,650,234],{},[61,642,643],{},"-go",[61,645,646],{},"-guísimo",[61,648,649],{},"largo",[61,651,652],{},"larguísimo",[239,654,655,596,658,559,661,596,664,234],{},[61,656,657],{},"-z",[61,659,660],{},"-císimo",[61,662,663],{},"feliz",[61,665,666],{},"felicísimo",[239,668,669,596,672,675],{},[61,670,671],{},"cerca",[61,673,674],{},"cerquísima"," (\"really close\"), the same c-to-qu shift on an adverb.",[57,677,678,679,234],{},"So \"the food is delicious\" is ",[61,680,681],{},"la comida está riquísima",[87,683,685],{"id":684},"common-mistakes-english-speakers-make","Common mistakes English speakers make",[57,687,688,691,692,695,696,699],{},[61,689,690],{},"Using cada vez más for a proportion."," \"The more I read, the more I learn\" is ",[61,693,694],{},"cuanto más leo, más aprendo",", not \"cada vez más leo\". ",[61,697,698],{},"Cada vez"," only does one-sided drift.",[57,701,702,705,706,709,710,713],{},[61,703,704],{},"Confusing tan and tanto."," It is ",[61,707,708],{},"tan cansado que"," (adjective) but ",[61,711,712],{},"tanto trabajo que"," (noun\u002Fverb). \"So tired\" is never \"tanto cansado\".",[57,715,716,705,719,516,722,559,725,727,728,730],{},[61,717,718],{},"Forgetting de before an amount.",[61,720,721],{},"el doble de comida",[61,723,724],{},"el doble que yo",[61,726,392],{}," before a plain quantity, ",[61,729,388],{}," before a person or thing compared.",[57,732,733,736,737,739,740,742],{},[61,734,735],{},"Missing the -ísimo spelling shift."," \"Really tasty\" is ",[61,738,637],{},", not \"ricísimo\"; \"really close\" is ",[61,741,674],{},", not \"cercísima\".",[87,744,746],{"id":745},"see-also","See also",[236,748,749,755,761],{},[239,750,751,754],{},[70,752,753],{"href":72},"Spanish comparatives"," - the foundation this builds on: más que, menos que, tan como and the four irregulars.",[239,756,757,760],{},[70,758,759],{"href":76},"Spanish superlatives"," - el mejor, el más, and the full -ísimo spelling table.",[239,762,763,764,768],{},"The ",[70,765,767],{"href":766},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar","Spanish grammar cheatsheet"," collects the cuanto más and tanto... que patterns on one card.",{"title":770,"searchDepth":771,"depth":771,"links":772},"",2,[773,774,775,776,777,778,779,780,781],{"id":89,"depth":771,"text":90},{"id":226,"depth":771,"text":227},{"id":315,"depth":771,"text":316},{"id":370,"depth":771,"text":371},{"id":434,"depth":771,"text":435},{"id":528,"depth":771,"text":529},{"id":578,"depth":771,"text":579},{"id":684,"depth":771,"text":685},{"id":745,"depth":771,"text":746},"B1-B2","The advanced Spanish comparison patterns beyond más que: cuanto más... más, cada vez más, el doble de, tanto... como, por más que + subjunctive and the -ísimo ending.",[785,817],{"type":786,"instructions":787,"items":788},"fill-blank","Complete each advanced comparison. Watch for the second half of the correlative, the multiplier, and the -ísimo spelling changes.",[789,793,796,799,803,806,810,813],{"prompt":790,"answer":791,"hint":792},"Cuanto ___ trabajo, más cansado estoy. (the more I work)","más","the first half of 'the more... the more'",{"prompt":794,"answer":259,"hint":795},"Cuanto menos duermes, ___ te sientes. (the worse you feel)","irregular comparative of malo",{"prompt":797,"answer":791,"hint":798},"Cada vez hace ___ frío. (it's getting colder and colder)","cada vez + comparative",{"prompt":800,"answer":801,"hint":802},"Gana el ___ que yo. (double what I earn)","doble","x2 multiplier",{"prompt":804,"answer":441,"hint":805},"Trabajo ___ que no duermo. (so much that I don't sleep)","result: so much... that",{"prompt":807,"answer":808,"hint":809},"Por más que lo ___, no puedo. (however hard I try - real, indicative)","intento","intentar, indicative for a real fact",{"prompt":811,"answer":599,"hint":812},"Este tren es ___. (absolute superlative of rápido - really fast)","-ísimo on rápido, drop the final vowel",{"prompt":814,"answer":815,"hint":816},"La paella está ___. (absolute superlative of rico - really tasty)","riquísima","-co becomes -quísimo, agreeing with paella",{"type":818,"instructions":819,"items":820},"which-one","Choose the correct word or form to complete each sentence.",[821,826,829,833,836,839],{"prompt":822,"answer":823,"options":824},"___ más lo pienso, más me gusta. (the more, standard Spanish)","Cuanto",[823,825],"Cada",{"prompt":827,"answer":367,"options":828},"Habla español ___ mejor. (better and better)",[367,280],{"prompt":830,"answer":831,"options":832},"Solo dormí la ___ de las horas. (half the hours)","mitad",[831,801],{"prompt":834,"answer":441,"options":835},"Comí ___ que me dolió el estómago. (so much that)",[441,507],{"prompt":837,"answer":507,"options":838},"Estaba ___ cansado que me dormí. (so tired that)",[507,441],{"prompt":840,"answer":841,"options":842},"Por mucho que ___, no lo convencerás. (hypothetical, subjunctive)","insistas",[841,843],"insistes","md",[846,849,852],{"q":847,"a":848},"How do you say 'the more... the more' in Spanish?","Use cuanto más + clause, más + clause: cuanto más trabajo, más cansado estoy (the more I work, the more tired I am). The first cuanto sets up the proportion, the second más completes it. You can mix directions: cuanto menos duermes, peor te sientes (the less you sleep, the worse you feel), and cuanto más comes, menos hambre tienes (the more you eat, the less hungry you are). In Latin America you will also hear mientras más... más for exactly the same idea: mientras más lo pienso, más me gusta. Both are correct; cuanto más is the neutral standard, mientras más is common across the Americas.",{"q":850,"a":851},"What is the difference between cada vez más and cuanto más?","Cada vez más means 'more and more' - a one-sided, creeping increase over time, with nothing on the other side of the scale: cada vez hace más frío (it's getting colder and colder), habla cada vez mejor (he speaks better and better). Cuanto más sets up a proportion between two things that move together: cuanto más frío hace, más ropa me pongo (the colder it gets, the more clothes I put on). If you only have one rising or falling quantity, use cada vez; if one change drives another, use cuanto más... más.",{"q":853,"a":854},"When does por más que take the subjunctive in Spanish?","Por más que (and por mucho que) means 'however much' or 'no matter how much'. It takes the subjunctive when the situation is hypothetical, future or being conceded as a possibility: por más que estudies, no aprobarás sin dormir (however much you study, you won't pass without sleep). It takes the indicative when you are stating a real, current fact: por más que lo intento, no puedo (however hard I try - and I really am trying - I can't). So the mood tracks the same real-versus-hypothetical logic as other concessive clauses like aunque.","higher","Once you can say más alto que and el mejor, Spanish opens up a second tier of comparison that native speakers reach for constantly and textbooks barely mention. This is the machinery of proportion and intensity: cuanto más trabajo, más cansado estoy (the more I work, the more tired I am), cada vez hace más frío (it's getting colder and colder), gana el doble que yo (he earns double what I do), tanto trabajo que no duermo (I work so much that I don't sleep), and por más que lo intento, no puedo (however hard I try, I can't). None of it re-teaches the basic más... que or el más that you already know from the comparatives and superlatives pages - it stacks on top. What links these patterns is that they compare movement, ratios and degrees rather than two static things. This page lays out the correlative the more... the more, the cada vez más creeping comparison, the proportional multipliers el doble and la mitad, the tanto... que result structure, the subjunctive-triggering por más que, and closes with the -ísimo intensifier and its spelling traps. 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